Ready-to-Wear Sizing: Most other patterns run large compared to their measurements. A 42" hip is usually a size 18. If your hips measure 42" and you cut an 18 pattern, the pants will generally be huge on you. I feel 42-inch hips are a size 14. I believe patterns and ready-to-wear garments should share sizing. Also, just because you have 42-inch hips does not mean you have a size 18 shoulders. I sized my patterns according to what I have experienced on real bodies!

If your measurements equal a size 14, then a size 14 will fit you. Length should be the only alteration.

I would like everyone who purchases one of my patterns to trust in my measurements-to-size ratio and follow my instructions just once and give me a chance to show you.

Download the Tissue Pattern Measurements, tissue-pattern-measurements.pdf [100 KiloBytes, Acrobat PDF], for help in determining "your size" based on fabric choices and desired fit (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader).

SLIT
SKIRT
330

PENCIL
SKIRT
330

LEGGING 622

WIDE LEG PANT 824
w/o NAP

CUFF PANT 945
w/o NAP

Taper Skirt
BaseWearTwo 1025

Straight Skirt
BaseWearTwo 1025

Straight Skirt w/ Flounce
BaseWearTwo 1025